About this Item: Frank Amato Pubns, 1987. Condition: Good. A+ Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Seller Inventory # 0936608544-2-4

About this Item: Frank Amato Publications, 1987. Condition: Very Good. Very good + condition/almost like new. Only very minor creasing on bottom corner. Binding is good; pages are clean and tight.Paperback. book. Seller Inventory # 005854

About this Item: Frank Amato, Portland, 1987. Illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions. 8.75" x 11.25". Paperbound, Paul Schullery's signature on the endpaper. A good history of American and British reels - history and development, reels by Vom Hofe, Meisselback, Hardy, etc. Very good. Seller Inventory # 22258

About this Item: Frank Amato Pubns. 155 p., Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., 1987. Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. [Cat. 69. ] 4to 8.5" x 11" illus. Exceptional book for all connoisseurs of fly reels; 250 illustrations, many full-size; covers both American and British makers from earliest times to 1960's. The author had a much larger and more comprehensive edition submitted to the publisher Frank Amato, but Amato thought it would not sell very well. Seller Inventory # 6760446

About this Item: Amato, Portland, OR, 1987. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gilt-stamped brown bonded leather; 4to; 155pp; illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings and facsimiles; color photographic dust jacket. A nice historical review of the evolution of the fly reel. With sections on both American and British reels, ie. Vom Hofe, Zwarg, Meisselbach, Pflueger, Leonard, Hardy, et al. Profusely illustrated with examples of many reels depicted. Although not stated and according to the publisher, only 500 copies of the hardcover edition were printed and thus, hard-to-find. The book is in near-fine condition and the very good dust jacket having a closed tear at the crown of the spine. Seller Inventory # 001448

About this Item: 1987 1st edition. Frank Amato Publications., Portland, Oregon., 1987. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in brown faux leather. The jacket has two dampstains on the reverse that do not show through. Also the paper of the jacket needs to be pressed. One Tear on the obttom left of the jacket with a small piece missing. Seller Inventory # 000040

About this Item: Hard Cover. Portland, Oregon. Frank Amato Publications. 1987. First Edition. 4to. (11 x 8 ½). 155 pp. including index, bibliography. A multitude of black and white photos showing many of the reels described. Line drawings, historical illustrations, and patent drawings. The book is divided into four sections. Part 1: History and Development. Part 2: American Fly Reels. Part 3: The British Tradition. Part 4: Form and Function. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of wear to the top corner. Seller Inventory # 009727